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OTTAWA, Oct. 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Leaders of the federal public sector
unions (the National Joint Council bargaining agents) met yesterday and
released the following statement on the government's proposed changes
to federal labour relations legislation:

"The federal public sector bargaining agents call on the government to
withdraw its sweeping and unfair changes to federal labour relations
legislation from its omnibus budget implementation act. Instead, the
government should engage in real consultation on legislation to improve
labour relations.

Bill C-4, the Conservative government's mammoth budget implementation act, if passed, essentially guts the right to collective bargaining,
eliminates important human rights protections, and will make every
federal workplace less safe for its workers and the Canadians they
serve.

Instead of sitting down and talking with the unions that represent its
employees to truly modernize labour relations, the government has been
working in secret to eliminate the labour rights gains of the last
fifty years, and to remove any semblance of fairness for its employees
ahead of the next round of bargaining.

Employees of the federal government are hard working and dedicated to
the public interest. The services they provide, including food safety,
transportation safety and the protection of Canadian citizens at home
and abroad, are being systematically destroyed by this government
through successive cuts to key programs, constant disrespect from
Ministers in the media, and legislation that will erode the rights of
workers in the public service.

Our members have been attacked time and again by this government and
used as scapegoats to deflect attention from the real governance and
economic problems they created.

We are united in our determination to defend and protect the rights of
more than 242,000 members we represent in the federal public service."